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En-suite rooms and landscaped gardens delight residents and their families, who also have their own on-site cafe to enjoy. Health and wellbeing needs are very important and the Activities Coordinators work...
Care Provided by Acorn House Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 64 Service Users
Dementia Care TypesMild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
- Mild Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Bariatric Care/Obesity
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
£100 per week top-up for Local Authority funded residents. Respite is available for 4 weeks minimum.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Acorn House Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Acorn House Care Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
- Local Authority
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Acacia Care
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Claire Straw(General Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 63+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2013
- Number of floors: 3
Room Information
- Single Rooms (64)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (64)
Acorn House Care Home Reviews (132)
Acorn House Care Home has a Review Score of 10 (9.973) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Acorn House Care Home has 132 reviews.
We were all extremely grateful that my mother was able to get back to friendly, familiar surroundings asap.
Thank you for your kind words, I will ensure that I pass on your comments to the staff team.
There does not seem to be a great turnover of staff. The staff remain on the same floor as the residents. This gives staff and residents time to get to know each other. The staff can assess each resident's needs and personality/temperament. Yes, the tv is on most of the day for those that want it, however, an effort is made to give residents a varied range of activities. Bingo, art, singing and having nails painted being mums favourites.
I know that when I've left my mum at Acorn House Care Home that she is safe and in good hands. She is happy when she's got a cup of tea and some company. There's plenty of both at Acorn House.
Beautifully furnished, decorated and maintained. Plenty of space and lounges so that you can find your own space and privacy. All en-suite single rooms which are spacious. Staff are warm and welcoming and attentive to service user needs. We would definitely recommend and use again. Thank you for looking after my father so well.
Thank you for you very kind words, it was a pleasure to look after your Father and I will ensure that the staff team aware of your comments.
Acorn House care home is a lovely place. My relative is very happy there. The staff are lovely, very friendly and caring. The cleanliness of the home is excellent.
Thank you for your kind words, I will pass them on to the staff team.
Staff and management team are attentive to residents' needs, inc. those of my mother. Activities team members accede to my mother's wishes not to participate, so give her preference in visits to cafes and restaurants. Overall, I am perfectly happy for my mother to reside at Acorn House.
Thank you for your lovely comments, I will ensure they are passed on to the staff team.
My mum seems happy here so I am happy.
It is a great comfort to me and all the family to know that my mum is safe and looked after so well. It is really important to us all to see my mum laughing with staff and fellow residents. Acorn House is a real community. Thank you.
Overall services are good.
I have enjoyed the time I spend here. Staff are very kind and helpful. I would be pleased to recommend it to anyone if necessary.
A well organised welcoming environment. My mum is treated well, always looks clean, tidy and happy. The whole place has an air of people caring, it is relaxed but meets standards that you would expect for your family. There is a community feel, and residents are encouraged to engage in many activities as a resident if you don't join in then the staff will try and try again, I like this. It has a safe feeling and I would recommend.
All staff are very kind and caring, nice friendly place. Thank you.
Friendly staff - polite and kind. Care home does not smell. Layout of rooms and lounges comfortable.
I have been visiting the care home for the past 3 months. I, myself work in a care home but I must say I am very impressed with the cleanliness and the caring care staff. I can see that it is not for show, just because we are here. I come in at daytime and also at night and I am made very welcome at all times.
I have been particularly impressed by the care and concern shown by all staff for the residents at Acorn House Care Home. The awareness and attention shown in seating the residents in the dining room was very apparent. Personal likes and dislikes of food were accepted kindly. I have benefitted tremendously from my stay here.
I will ensure that the Care Team are made aware of your comments with regards to your recent period of respite care.
Impressed by the standard of facilities, staff and cleanliness.
Left my mother here in Acorn House.
She was well received and looked after the whole time she was there.
She also bonded and made friends with the staff and other people.
Overall she was well looked after.
Thank you very much for your comments, I will ensure the Care Team are aware of your remarks with regards to your mothers recent stay at Acorn House.
On our first visit to see the home we were impressed by the warm, friendly staff and general caring attitude to all the residents.
Delighted to see the improvement in our aunt in the short space of time she has been here. Staff are always willing to sit down and talk to family members if we have any questions.
Our aunt says she cannot fault them.
Happy with all care given. Sadly missed out on residents outings. Next time :) Mother really enjoyed her stay as always.
Your feedback is much appreciated and will be shared with the team. Many thanks.
She was always treated with respect by all the staff. She chose to spend her last days of her life amongst the staff who she trusted and had loved and cared for her for so long.
The atmosphere at Acorn House was always so welcoming for all of her visitors, which was always appreciated.
The care staff are on the whole very good they have the utmost patience and always treat my mum with great kindness and dignity. I am very impressed with the health care mum receives and the records kept regarding her ongoing health care. I do fin dit very annoying when mums clothing goes missing and have mentioned this several times. The laundry is very expensive but does offer a calm caring environment where I feel mum is safe.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 03 February 2018Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveOutstanding
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
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- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
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Welcome to Acorn House!
I have been working in the sector for the past 20 years following the death of my father in 2001. While he was receiving palliative care at home I have been looking after him. My passion was always in care and making a difference no matter how big or small it was. After spending 12 years in 24-hour nursing care, I decided to move to residential care.
I came to work for Acacia Care 7 years ago and I have held many positions within the company from Night Manager, Care Manager, Home Manager and Regional Support Manager to my now current role as General Manager. I feel very honoured and privileged to have been given this opportunity to manage Acorn House and I hope my work and the work of the team will make a difference in the lives of our residents and their families.
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